The Springfield Police Department announced Tuesday that it had arrested and charged a Lynchburg man after an investigation into alleged gun trafficking.
Stefon Diggs won’t face discipline from the NFL after a league review determined that there wasn’t enough evidence to punish him under its personal conduct policy.
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, has secured enough delegate support to appear on the state’s primary ballot.
Postcards emblazoned with “Greetings from” a state, city or tourist attraction advertise more than just the tiny scenes squeezed into 3D letters.
A lawsuit filed on behalf of students and community organizations in Massachusetts argues the state is illegally maintaining schools that are racially segregated, concentrating Black and Latino students in high-poverty districts with fewer opportunities.
A man accused of wounding two drivers when he fired at least 70 rounds from an assault-style weapon on a busy street near Boston pleaded not guilty to assault and other charges.
President Donald Trump's administration supports a proposal to delay rules to protect a vanishing species of whale in favor of commercial fishing interests.
A group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has traveled the country trying to prevent such violence from happening.
A Cape Cod seafood company has donated a rare two-colored lobster to a science center, sparing the critter from the kettle because of its remarkable coloration.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has struck down some of the Trump administration’s orders slowing down the development of clean energy.
Hampshire College, which includes documentary filmmaker Ken Burns among its alumni, announced it is closing later this year.
The developer of a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm is suing its turbine manufacturer seeking to force it to stay with the project.
Some college basketball fans are hoping for more than national titles at the NCAA Final Four.
A supervisor and two instructors with a Massachusetts State Police tactical unit have plead not guilty in connection with the 2024 death of a recruit following a boxing match during training.
France forward Kylian Mbappé showed no ill effects of his left knee injury when he broke free for a goal to give France an early lead on its way to a 2-1 victory over Brazil in a World Cup tuneup between two of the world’s top teams.
Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump’s time in office.
No. 20 Miami (Ohio) dropped its Mid-American Conference Tournament opener to UMass 87-83, spoiling the last perfect record in Division I men’s basketball.
A Massachusetts couple who were targeted in a harassment campaign by former eBay employees have reached a settlement in a lawsuit against the company.
Power failures and waist-high canyons of snow bedeviled parts of the Northeast in the aftermath of a massive storm that dumped piles on streets and sidewalks from Maryland Maine, even as fresh snowfall coated the region.
Millions across the northeastern United States contended with treks to school and work as they dug out from a major storm that blanketed the region with snow, canceled flights, disrupted transit and downed power lines.
A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard.
The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions.
USA Luge men's doubles slider Zack DiGregorio faces a dilemma as the Super Bowl collides with the Milan Cortina Games.
New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is dealing with an illness and did not practice on Friday, the latest wrinkle in the quarterback’s preparations for the Super Bowl matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.
U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov have won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Beijing.
Federal immigration officials say more than 100 people have been detained in Maine this week as part of an enforcement surge targeting what ICE calls “the worst of the worst.”.
Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increase inspections following a fire that killed 10 residents last year.
Two dozen Kemp's ridley sea turtles are rehabilitating in Florida after cold waters off Cape Cod left them with frostbite and pneumonia.
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding.
The owner of a Massachusetts assisted-living facility that was the site of a fatal fire and an inspection company have sued each other over who is at fault for failure to address a faulty sprinkler system.
A Massachusetts woman who was once engaged to the brother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt remains in ICE custody two weeks after her arrest on the way to pick up the son she shares with her ex-fiancé.
Wildlife officials say a small alligator spotted along the Charles River in Boston this week has been rescued and delivered to safety.
Authorities say they've arrested two Massachusetts men in connection with a weekend explosion at Harvard Medical School.
Massachusetts insurance carriers will be required to cover vaccinations recommended by the state’s department of public health.
Investigators say a fire that killed 10 people at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility was likely caused by smoking or an oxygen machine's electrical problem.
Twenty Democratic-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency over the cancellation of a disaster mitigation grant program.
The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing requirements that are commonplace in nursing homes.
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.
Questions and finger-pointing have increased in the days since a fire at a Massachusetts assisted-living facility killed nine and hurt dozens.
A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery.
In the state that served as the model for Obamacare, advocates and health care workers fear the Trump administration is dismantling the program piece-by-piece.
As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, it might take a moment — or more — to remember why.
A federal judge in Massachusetts said Wednesday he plans to deny a motion by the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit over its blocking of wind energy projects, siding with a coalition of state attorneys general.
Every month, thousands of women evade abortion bans in their home states by turning to telehealth clinics willing to send them pregnancy-ending drugs through the mail.
A high school volleyball team in Massachusetts is asking fans to wear white to their next match to show support for a teammate who has been detained by federal immigration authorities.
The Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a Massachusetts student who was barred from wearing a T-shirt to school proclaiming there are only two genders.
An unusual May nor’easter is pulling away from New England after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.
Some of Harvard’s sports teams would be virtually wiped out by a Trump administration decision that would make the Ivy League school ineligible for international student visas.
A federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos.
Tens of thousands of people flocked to Lexington, Massachusetts, to witness a reenactment of how the American Revolution began 250 years ago.
In a high-stakes standoff, President Donald Trump’s administration says it will freeze $2.2 billion in federal research grants for Harvard University, which is pushing back on demands for changes to campus policy.
U.S. researchers are about to test if livers from gene-edited pigs could treat people with sudden liver failure — not with a transplant but temporarily attached outside the body.
A federal judge in Massachusetts says a Tufts University doctoral student who was detained this week can’t be deported to Turkey without a court order.
A UMass student who made a half-court shot during a women’s basketball game halftime promotion will get his $10,000 prize from the school itself.
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has ordered a dozen cadet clubs focused on ethnicity and gender to disband in response to the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity programs throughout government.
A federal appeals court is reinstating rules designed to protect a vanishing whale species from entanglement in fishing gear.
Prosecutors say a Massachusetts woman accused of planning to kill Republican leaders at the U.S. Capitol told police she was influenced by Luigi Mangione, the man charged with fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare last year.
The National Weather Service's warning about the “particularly dangerous situation” in which any new fire could explode in size in the Los Angeles area didn’t mention fire tornadoes.
A 20-year-old blind cat named Tiki caused a scare after he was seen on ice floating in a Massachusetts pond and then fell in.
A Massachusetts judge has dismissed witness intimidation and criminal harassment charges against a backer of Karen Read who admitted placing dozens of yellow rubber ducks and fake $100 bills around town.
As global warming fills the plankton-rich waters of New England with death traps for sea turtles, the number of stranded reptiles has multiplied over the last 20 years.
A handful of Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping to persuade their colleagues to support a proposal that would make the state the first to adopt a ban meant to eliminate the use of tobacco products over time.
Scientists who study a critically endangered species of whale that lives off New England say encouraging early signs suggest the animals could have a strong season for feeding and breeding.
An animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident local police are describing as a sad mix-up.
Scientists say an unprecedentedly bad year for beached dolphins on Cape Cod might have to do with warming waters changing the availability of the animals’ food.
Fire crews on both coasts of the U.S. are battling wildfires, including one in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree has arrived in New York City, signaling the start of the holiday season in the Big Apple.
Firefighters in Massachusetts are continuing to battle stubborn brush fires across the state with officials urging residents to take precautions to help avoid sparking new blazes.
The question of whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi can stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches was resolved when the Massachusetts governor stepped in to protect Nibi.
Whether a 2-year-old beaver named Nibi gets to stay with the rescuers she has known since she was a baby or must be released into the wild as winter approaches in Massachusetts has ended up in court — and caused such an uproar that even the governor has weighed in.
Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has said he is prepared to pursue contempt charges against Steward Health Care CEO Ralph de la Torre if he fails to show up at a hearing Thursday despite being issued a subpoena.
Health officials warn that a rare but deadly mosquito-spread disease is posing a serious threat in parts of New England, prompting the cancellation of some events and changes to sports schedules to avoid bites by infected bugs.
Massachusetts U.S. Sens. Edward Markey and Elizabeth Warren are among several political leaders who are attacking the leader of a troubled health care system for refusing to comply with a subpoena to appear before a Senate committee.
Authorities say a Kenyan man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges has been extradited nearly a year after he fled the United States.
Massachusetts Republicans will choose candidates to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in state primaries on Tuesday.
Massachusetts health officials have announced a second confirmed case of the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus in the state.
Massachusetts gun rights activists are vowing to pursue repealing a gun bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed into law a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS in firefighters’ protective gear.
An owner of a now defunct trucking company has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a deadly crash in New Hampshire that killed seven motorcyclists.
Gov. Maura Healey says she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts.
